Chapter 48: Firehawk (1/2)

Chapter 48: Firehawk

While the seven other members of Team Bright were battling the male giant ape, Su Chen had begun a massive battle.

This was not his first time fighting a high-tier Vicious Beast.

He had fought one before when clearing the fifteenth room in the Hundred Refinements Pavilion.

However, battling an illusory Vicious Beast was one thing; fighting a real one was an entirely different matter.

In addition, different Vicious Beasts had different strengths and weaknesses.

The Giant Adamantine Ape was an incredibly ferocious Vicious Beast. It possessed an incredibly powerful body.

Su Chen retreated by activating the Snaking Mist Steps, slipping through the small cracks in the trees as he constantly placed Clear Wind Nets before him. The Giant Adamantine Ape’s method was much simpler.

It forcefully destroyed everything in its path as it charged forwards. Trees were overturned wherever it went.

It casually raised a tree trunk in its hand. Using it as a staff, it slammed it towards Su Chen. Such a simple attack possessed immense strength; even if it just brushed past, it was powerful enough to smash Su Chen into a human pancake.

Su Chen’s Clear Wind Net had just appeared when it was swept aside like a spiderweb by the Giant Adamantine Ape. The Giant Adamantine Ape didn’t even notice its appearance.

Su Chen had praised Iron Cliff’s ability to resist Origin Skills via pure physical force, but this giant ape wasn’t just resisting Origin Skills via pure physical force, but was instead suppressing them.

“AWOO!”

This tree trunk created a crater in the ground, and the giant ape pounded its chest as it howled fiercely. This howl seemed to contain a certain amount of scorn, as if looking down on Su Chen as an insect that only knows how to jump around.

“Fine, try this on for size then.” Su Chen gave up on using the Clear Wind Net and switched to the Erupting Firebird.

The Giant Adamantine Ape swung the tree trunk through the air again.

Boom! The tree trunk slammed into the Firebird, causing it to explode in a fiery blaze. The giant trunk in its hand was suddenly halved in size.

The giant ape stared blankly at the halved trunk in its hand before tossing it aside and bending down to pick up a new one. It had yet to stand straight, however, when another fiery flash appeared, halving the new tree trunk.

Su Chen smiled slightly. “It seems your weapon choice isn’t easy to use.”

The giant ape frowned and picked up another tree.

Just as Su Chen was preparing to destroy it with another Erupting Firebird, the Giant Ape threw the tree in his hand forwards.

Whoosh!

The giant piece of wood whistled through the air, whistling towards Su Chen.

“Holy crap!” Su Chen’s heart jumped. He hurriedly activated the Snaking Mist Steps to dodge it; it barely flew past him.

He had yet to recover when another massive tree flew towards him. Su Chen was unable to dodge it, so even as he retreated he slashed out with his blade while also simultaneously activating the Amethyst Battle Armor’s barrier.

Boom!

Su Chen was sent flying by the forceful blow, a brilliant light shining in front of him. Thirty percent of the attack’s power was reduced by his retreat, thirty percent was blocked by the barrier, and thirty percent blocked by the Amethyst Battle Armor itself. The remaining ten percent, however, was still enough to cause Su Chen to spit out a large mouthful of blood. The power of this strike could be easily seen from this.

“Awoo!” The Giant Adamantine Ape let out an enraged snarl, not at all satisfied.

“You are quite savage!” Su Chen rubbed his chest and winced in pain before turning around and running away.

It wasn’t that he was afraid of the ape. Rather, the ape’s infuriated howls were quite annoying; the howls allowed it to communicate with the other ape despite the distance between the two of them.

Its current howls were angered cries of provocation, so they weren’t that dangerous.

If Su Chen injured or frightened the ape, it would cry out in pain or fear, definitely inciting a reaction from the other giant ape.

Su Chen could only run further and further away from his teammates.

The ferocious ape chased after him relentlessly. The Beast Drawing Medicine’s fragrance slowly began to fade, but the flames of rage that had begun to burn did not decrease in the slightest.

As it chased, it constantly uprooted trees and threw them at Su Chen.

The trees whistled past him like arrows. Su Chen’s scalp tingled as he watched them fly by.

This damned ape, its strength never seemed to run out.

Boom!

Another tree trunk flew past his head. Su Chen narrowly dodged it.

“AWOO!” The giant ape howled at Su Chen, as if it were saying “do you only know how to run away?”

Su Chen turned around in midair and landed on the ground.

He pointed at the giant ape. “Are you having fun chasing me?”

The giant ape let out a furious howl in response.

Su Chen shook the blade in his hand. “Then you’d best understand that I’m not that…… Shit!”

Boom!

Another giant tree flew forwards.

Su Chen had yet to show off his strength when the giant ape had already made a move.

“Dammit!” Su Chen only had time to curse before slashing out with his blade.

While clearing the fifteenth room of the Hundred Refinements Pavilion, Su Chen didn’t have a single Origin Tool on him. His strength in the pavilion originated from himself and himself alone.

Now, with the Moon-Swallowing Heavenly Wolf Blade, the Amethyst Battle Armor, and the Cloud-Stepping Battle Boots, his strength had clearly increased.

A wolf soul seemed to emerge from the blade as it slashed through the air. It let out a piercing howl and leapt towards the giant ape. The Thunder Blade simultaneously exploded with the majestic rumbling of thunder.